Description: Scientific name: Varanus exanthematics Life span: 8-10 years (wild) ,15-20 years (captivity) Savannah monitors have sturdy builds, short limbs and toes, and specialized dentitions for feeding on hard-shelled food. They are powerful animals with strong digging limbs, strong jaws, and blunt, peg-like teeth. Savannah monitors may grow up to 1.5 meters in length. According […]
Description: Scientific name: Varanus juxtindicus Life span: Up to 12- 20 years The Rennell island monitor is a large-sized monitor that can grow up to 150 cm in length. The color scheme and pattern of this monitor closely resemble the Varanus indicus monitor. There are no bands visible on its head and tail. They have
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Description: Scientific name: Varanus yemenensis Life span: 20+years Yemen monitor lizards may reach a maximum length of 3.6 feet. The slit-like nostrils are obliquely arranged directly right in front of the eyes, and the temporals, nasal, and parietal areas are enlarged. Yemen monitors are dark brown in color and strips are located on the body
Description: Scientific name: Varanus rosenbergi Life span: Up to 25 years The Rosenberg’s monitor lizards are very active and move fast. Rosenberg’s monitor lizards can grow up to a length of 1.5 meters. They have very strong and long limbs that help them to run. Their feet have sharp and strong claws that help them
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Description: Scientific name: Varanus olivaceus Life span: up to 15 years in captivity Gray’s monitor lizard is the very first herbivorous monitor lizard. This lizard has a greenish-gray color that is covered in darker longitudinal stripes on the body, limbs, neck, and tail. A varied amount of dark brown-black transverse stripes are overlaid on top
Description: Scientific name: Varanus Flavescens Life span: Up to 10 years in captivity The yellow monitor lizard is medium-sized that may weigh up to 1.45 kilograms and measures about 45- 95 cm from snout to vent (including the tail). It has a short, convex-shaped snout. Its nose is an oblique slit that is slightly closer
Description: Scientific name: Varanus cumingi Life span: up to 15-20 years The Yellow-headed water monitor lizard has a yellow-colored body with dark black patches. This monitor lives in water and is found in both large and medium sizes. The adult yellow-headed water monitor grows up to 4-4.4 feet. The length from the snout to the
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Description: Scientific name: Varanus timorensis Life span: Up to 20 years Timor monitor lizards are also called dwarf monitors because they are small-sized monitors. Their body color has a greenish-gray background with golden-yellow or sometimes blue spotting on it. The dorsal surface of the body sometimes depicts bluish color and a light yellow spot under
Description: Scientific name: Varanus doreanus Life span: Up to 10- 15 years The blue-tailed monitor lizard may grow up to 135 cm in length overall including its tail. The body is covered with ocelli that are round in shape. The body color is grayish-blue. The neck is white in color and is highly mottled. A
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Description: Scientific name: Varanus macraei Life span: Up to 10+ years in captivity The blue spotted tree monitor has a prehensile tail that is extended about 2/3rd the length of its body. They have slender, long, and widely spread limbs that have 5 short, long-toed, and sharp digits. Their neck seems to be rather
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